way to the village of sc ##all ##owa ##y to land her catch . when she grounded weather conditions were fairly good but it was not until the following day that a passing tr ##aw ##ler saw , and reported the wreck . by the time that various rescue attempts were launched by the coast ##guard and local volunteers ( there being no lifeboat in shetland at that time ) , weather conditions had deteriorated to the point where it was impossible to approach the sk ##er ##ries . a request had been made for the st ##rom ##ness lifeboat from or ##kney , only 120 miles away , to launch , but the request was made too late to be of help . all 9 crew perished
way to the village of scalloway to land her catch. when she grounded weather conditions were fairly good but it was not until the following day that a passing trawler saw, and reported the wreck. by the time that various rescue attempts were launched by the coastguard and local volunteers ( there being no lifeboat in shetland at that time ), weather conditions had deteriorated to the point where it was impossible to approach the skerries. a request had been made for the stromness lifeboat from orkney, only 120 miles away, to launch, but the request was made too late to be of help. all 9 crew perished